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Carlo Crivelli's St. Michael
I have chosen to do this assignment on the art piece by Carlo Crivelli “St. Michael”. This panting is one of the Four Panels from an Altarpiece that was painted in Ascoli Piceno, Italy. In this particular painting the subject matter and content are very similar. Crivelli painted Saint Michael standing on Lucifer showing when Lucifer tried to over throw God, St. Michael and his army defeated Lucifer. In this piece Carlo Crivelli was showing representation. The reason this painting, “St. Michael”, is representational is Crivelli is showing a biblical era when Lucifer was overtaken. Carlo Crivelli’s role in this painting is giving form to spiritual forces. In this painting Saint Michael is holding a balance with two humans on one side and a weight

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